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Asteriinae

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Asteriinae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant. Its type is Asterias.

It was assigned to Asteriidae by Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Asteriinae Gray
1966Asteriinae Spencer and Wright p. U75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
subfamilyAsteriinae
subfamilyAsteriinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Asteriinae Gray 1840
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G. Asterias Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Asterias (Archaeasterias) Müller 1855
Asterias arenicola Goldfuss 1833
Asterias bituminosa Geinitz 1849
Asterias deslongchampsi Morière 1878
Asterias dubium Whitfield 1877
Asterias lincki Sears 1905
Asterias planci Linnaeus 1758
Asterias propinqua Münster 1835
Asterias punctulata Desmoulins 1832
Asterias ranvillensis Porte 1927
Asterias remondii Gabb 1866
Asterias rubens Linnaeus 1758
Asterias stellionura Sears 1905
Invalid names: Asteracanthion Müller and Troschel 1840 [synonym], Uraster Agassiz 1836 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Liasicus to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.5 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Belgium Asterias sp. (40087)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Asterias ranvillensis (58932)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Asterias dugratii (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Asterias remondii (203557)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Asterias stellionura, Asterias lincki (203613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Asterias forbesi (48886 66720)